WAEC Releases May/June 2014 Results, Mass Failure as 1.5 million candidates failed and Statistic

No fewer than 1,426,926 candidates representing 84.31 per cent of the total candidates who sat for the May/June 2014 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination have their chances of securing university admission in the country this year dashed as they failed to obtain the basic entry requirements.
The candidates obtained only two credits in the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination released by the West African Examinations Council on Monday.
 

The Head, National Office of WAEC, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced the release of the results in Lagos on Monday.
According to him, 1,692,435 candidates, comprising 929,075 males and 763,360 females, sat for the examinations in the country.
Eguridu, who admitted that there was a marginal decline in the performance of the candidates this year unlike in the last two years, added that 145,795 candidates, representing 8.61 per cent had their results withheld for alleged examination malpractice.

Giving further breakdown, the HNO noted that 1,293,389 candidates, representing 76.42 per cent, obtained credits and above in three subjects, while 1,148,262 candidates, representing 67.84 per cent, obtained credits and above in four subjects.
He added, “Of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 791,227 candidates, representing 46.75 per cent obtained six credits and above, while 982,472 candidates representing 58.05 per cent, obtained five credits and above.
“A total of 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28 per cent, obtained credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics. When compared to the 2012 and 2013 May/June WASSCE diets, there is marginal decline in the performance of candidates.”